Word: standings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...criticized for telling the truth by these two Senators? Is it because of demands made upon them by Catholic constituents? Is it because of a presidential ambition on the part of one? What is it in this thing that prompts two Senators to stand up here and insult the Protestant people of America by attacking a Protestant Senator for daring to tell the truth about the efforts of a Catholic organization to involve our country in a foreign war? . . . I have no apology to make to the Senator from Missouri, and I do not fear in the least the thrusts...
...Secretary to the extent of experiencing a change of heart about Bolshevism in Mexico which was now beside the point instead of being the point. But President Coolidge had not turned with Mr. Kellogg to the extent of wanting to arbitrate. Mr. Kellogg must thus turn once again and stand with the President against arbitration. A silence at the State Department seemed (to Mexicans) to indicate that Mr. Kellogg might be adjusting his views in camera...
...others fired the huge unarmed mob which forced the British to evacuate their $60,000,000 concession at Hankow (TIME, Jan. 17). Last week the world waited to see if the Chinese, a medley of tribes, had learned the white man's lessons well enough to stand together and force him from his $1,000,000,000 concessions at Shanghai...
John W. Anderson, attorney who organized the Ford Motor Co.: "I was called to the witness stand in the $34,000,000 Ford tax suit now in progress in Detroit. I told how I invested $5,000 which later mounted to several millions. I told about a certain night in 1913. Said I: 'On that particular night I arrived at Geneva, Switzerland. The children were there and we had dinner in our rooms. The cable [announcing Ford stock to be worth $500 a share] was handed to me. . . . I told Mrs. Anderson to put on her hat and we would...
...have shown a marked improvement. Opening the season very feebly, the 1930 racquet wielders were outclassed by their opponents. In their recent clashes, however, the first-year men have shown an improved brand of attack and court tactics. They are climbing rapidly on the league ranking list and now stand in the fifth position. The Union Boat Club still holds its advantage in the last rounds of the race for honors...